Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3398665 | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
ABSTRACTThis report describes an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in severely immunosuppressed patients hospitalised at a cancer centre. Universal urine antigen testing and early levofloxacin therapy appeared to lower case fatality rates in comparison with previous reports concerning this high-risk population. This diagnostic and therapeutic strategy should be considered when facing a nosocomial outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in immunosuppressed hosts.
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Authors
C. Gudiol, R. Verdaguer, M. Angeles Domínguez, A. Fernández-Sevilla, J. Carratalà,